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How to invert pictures in Lightroom ?

wif
Community Beginner ,
Mar 17, 2015 Mar 17, 2015

How can I invert pictures in Lightroom ? If I have a black&white negative scanned and imported to LR, there is no possibility to invert this to a "positive". This is possible in Photoshop, why not in LR ?

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john beardsworth Community Expert
Community Expert , Mar 17, 2015 Mar 17, 2015

Because Lightroom is designed for a digital workflow.

To invert pictures, use the Tone Curve and drag its bottom left point to the top left, its top right point to the bottom right.

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